Mongrel wrote:Don't some of them sort of shuffle our way in periodic refugee waves, only to reluctantly slink back "home" once things calm down?

Yeah, I think only Caithness periodically posts here. fanboy and BEAT show up occasionally.

For right now at least, TT is still a fairly large community and you can avoid the more toxic elements if you're careful about where you read and post. So if you're willing to deal with the fact that the entire community is incredibly passive-aggressive and refuses to admit it then they're still a better choice for actual discussion than us because they have the userbase for actual discussions.

I expect that to change over time now that Parish has washed his hands of them, since now they'll find it harder to attract new people and the toxic elements of the community keep driving away old posters. But that's gonna take awhile.